Sixers have key financial advantage in push to re-sign Jimmy Butler

Sixers have key financial advantage in push to re-sign Jimmy Butler

The Philadelphia 76ers will be able to offer the newly acquired Jimmy Butler a larger contract extension than other potential suitors this coming summer.

After adding the disgruntled Timberwolves star via trade, the Sixers can offer Butler a full five-year, $190 million contract. Competing teams interested in signing Butler after he becomes an unrestricted free agent at the conclusion of this season will only be able to offer him a four-year, $140 million contract.

Due to the financial advantage that Philly possesses, Butler will likely be a favorite to re-sign with his new team prior to next season. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski already hinted that both the Sixers and Butler expect to agree to a long-term deal in the future.

Wojnarowski later clarified that the negotiations between Philly and Butler will have to wait for the appropriate time to begin official extension talks.

Sixers and Butler aren't allowed to enter into a negotiation or a agree on an extension yet, but barring physical issues or Butler failing to fit into the Embiid-Simmons dynamic both sides are optimistic on a long-term future. Sixers would be paying a steep price for a rental. https://t.co/eJv11Ynfsc